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Paul Greengard

1925 - 2019

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Paul Greengard (December 11, 1925 – April 13, 2019) was an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system. He was Vincent Astor Professor at Rockefeller University, and served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund, as well as the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. He was married to artist Ursula von Rydingsvard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Greengard is the 185th most popular biologist (down from 171st in 2019), the 1,618th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,503rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Biologist. Learn more about Paul Greengard's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Paul Greengard ranks 185 out of 1,097. Before him are Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Carl Woese, Giovanni Sartori, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, and Charles Bonnet. After him are Armand David, Martinus Beijerinck, Anna Atkins, Julius Richard Petri, Julian Huxley, and Emmanuelle Charpentier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Paul Greengard ranks 85. Before him are Alain Touraine, Michele Ferrero, Veljko Kadijević, Masanori Tokita, Oscar Peterson, and Robert Rauschenberg. After him are Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, Martin Rodbell, Hal Holbrook, Hilda Gadea, Michel de Certeau, and Ernest Gellner. Among people deceased in 2019, Paul Greengard ranks 67. Before him are Zhores Alferov, Kary Mullis, Tony Buzan, Alan García, Franco Columbu, and Raymond Poulidor. After him are Danny Aiello, Rosamunde Pilcher, Isabel Sarli, Yury Luzhkov, Alicia Alonso, and Owen Garriott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Greengard ranks 1,618 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Schwartz (1948), Kelly Lynch (1959), George Clinton (1739), Frank Drake (1930), Lil Wayne (1982), and William Miller (1782). After him are Angela Bassett (1958), Edward C. Prescott (1940), Chris Cornell (1964), John Dickson Carr (1906), Frances Willard (1839), and George Armitage Miller (1920).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Paul Greengard ranks 36. Before him are Martin Chalfie (1947), Nettie Stevens (1861), George Davis Snell (1903), Leland H. Hartwell (1939), Norman Borlaug (1914), and Carl Woese (1928). After him are Bruce Beutler (1957), Jack Horner (1946), George C. Williams (1926), George Wald (1906), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), and J. Michael Bishop (1936).

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